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Anon., Assumption Of Moses, 8.1-8.2
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1. Septuagint, 1 Maccabees, 1.48 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

1.48. and to leave their sons uncircumcised. They were to make themselves abominable by everything unclean and profane
2. Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 6.5-6.7 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

6.5. The altar was covered with abominable offerings which were forbidden by the laws. 6.6. A man could neither keep the sabbath, nor observe the feasts of his fathers, nor so much as confess himself to be a Jew.' 6.7. On the monthly celebration of the king's birthday, the Jews were taken, under bitter constraint, to partake of the sacrifices; and when the feast of Dionysus came, they were compelled to walk in the procession in honor of Dionysus, wearing wreaths of ivy.'
3. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 2.152-2.153 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

2.152. and indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence what great souls they had in their trials, wherein, although they were tortured and distorted, burnt and torn to pieces, and went through all kinds of instruments of torment, that they might be forced either to blaspheme their legislator, or to eat what was forbidden them, yet could they not be made to do either of them, no, nor once to flatter their tormentors, or to shed a tear; 2.153. but they smiled in their very pains, and laughed those to scorn who inflicted the torments upon them, and resigned up their souls with great alacrity, as expecting to receive them again.
4. Josephus Flavius, Against Apion, 1.43, 1.191, 2.219 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.43. For it is no new thing for our captives, many of them in number, and frequently in time, to be seen to endure racks and deaths of all kinds upon the theatres, that they may not be obliged to say one word against our laws and the records that contain them; 1.191. Whereupon he adds, that “although they are in a bad reputation among their neighbors, and among all those that come to them, and have been often treated injuriously by the kings and governors of Persia, yet can they not be dissuaded from acting what they think best; but that, when they are stripped on this account, and have torments inflicted upon them, and they are brought to the most terrible kinds of death, they meet them after a most extraordinary manner, beyond all other people, and will not renounce the religion of their forefathers.” 2.219. Nor would I venture to write thus at this time, were it not well known to all by our actions that many of our people have many a time bravely resolved to endure any sufferings, rather than speak one word against our law. /p
5. New Testament, Mark, 14.61 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

14.61. But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
6. Justin, Dialogue With Trypho, 96.2 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

7. Anon., Assumption of Moses, 8.2, 8.5



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antiochus iv epiphanes, as a tyrant Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 130
author, of 2 maccabees, ptolemaic influence Schwartz, 2 Maccabees (2008) 278
ban on jewish religion, circumcision Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 131
christians, interest in 2 macc. Schwartz, 2 Maccabees (2008) 278
circumcision, banned Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 131
circumcision, symbolic of covenant Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 130, 131
circumcision Schwartz, 2 Maccabees (2008) 278
deuteronomistic view of history, punishment for unfaithfulness to law Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 128
deuteronomistic view of history, wicked king as instrument of god Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 128
herod the great Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 135
idol worship, in assumption of moses Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 131
israel, israelites Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 135
jerusalem Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 135
levi Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 135
martyrologies, interest among christians' Schwartz, 2 Maccabees (2008) 278
moses Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 135
taxo Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 135
tyrant, antiochus as Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 130
tyrant, as instrument of god Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 128